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American Independance Timeline
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Proclamation of 1763
King George III prohibited any English settlement west of the Appalachian mountains to ease tensions with the Native Americans. -
The Sugar Act
required colonist to pay tax on sugar -
The Currency act
Prohibited the colonist from issuing any legal tender paper money, -
stamp act
passed by the british parliament and required colonists to pay tax on every peice of printed paper they used -
The Quartering Act
Required colonist to house British troops and supply them with food -
The passing of the Townshend Revenue Acts
Imposed a new series of taxes on the colonists to offset the costs of administering and protecting the American colonies -
Boston Massacre
a mob harasses british soldiers who then fire their muskets pointblank -
The Tea Act
Maintained a three penney per pound tax on tea -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was a demonstration against taxation and a rebellion against corruption and mismanagement in the government -
The Intolerable Acts
It was a response to the rebellion in Massachusetts and shut down all commercial shipping in Boston harbor until Massachusetts pay the taxes ovened on the tea dumped in the harbor
